Japan. Edo period. Mid-19th c. Ky?to school. Presumably hippopotamus tooth, finely carved and polished, beautiful yellow-gold patina. Two climbing beans (Ingen) lying next to each other, hanging from a stalk. Height 0.6cm, width 5.8cm. Signed: Kiyokatsu, cf. MCI p. 343-345, that also depicts a group of beans on p. 344. Condition A.
Provenance: -Collection Karl M. Schwarz, ill. Netsuke Subjects Addendum, 2001, no. A 224.
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